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All results from a given calculation for CH2Br2 (dibromomethane)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-5161.802083
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-5161.802083
Nuclear repulsion energy340.621931
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3092 3064 3.55      
2 A1 1436 1423 0.33      
3 A1 546 541 4.17      
4 A1 163 161 0.05      
5 A2 1111 1101 0.00      
6 B1 3181 3152 0.13      
7 B1 790 783 10.78      
8 B2 1210 1199 52.66      
9 B2 621 615 125.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6074.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6019.4 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBE/3-21G
ABC
0.86061 0.03794 0.03661

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.946
H2 -0.909 0.000 1.555
H3 0.909 0.000 1.555
Br4 0.000 1.675 -0.125
Br5 0.000 -1.675 -0.125

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Br4 Br5
C11.09401.09401.98781.9878
H21.09401.81772.54032.5403
H31.09401.81772.54032.5403
Br41.98782.54032.54033.3491
Br51.98782.54032.54033.3491

picture of dibromomethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 H3 112.354 H2 C1 Br4 107.454
H2 C1 Br5 107.454 H3 C1 Br4 107.454
H3 C1 Br5 107.454 Br4 C1 Br5 114.790
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.853      
2 H 0.311      
3 H 0.311      
4 Br 0.116      
5 Br 0.116      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 1.532 1.532
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.688 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -43.894 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.528
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.477 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.286 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.764
Polar
3z2-r25.527
x2-y21.206
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.373 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.600 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.686


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 235.709
(<r2>)1/2 15.353